Stranded passengers crowd the departures lobby at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 09 August 2014. The powerful typhoon Halong approached southern Japan on 09 August 2014 with more than 100,000 residents advised to evacuate their homes in the region according to news reports. Typhoon Halong already brought heavy rains and strong winds to the southern island of Kyushu and the south-western island of Shikoku as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of mudslides, high waves and swollen rivers in the region.

Stranded passengers crowd the departures lobby at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 09 August 2014. The powerful typhoon Halong approached southern Japan on 09 August 2014 with more than 100,000 residents advised to evacuate their homes in the region according to news reports. Typhoon Halong already brought heavy rains and strong winds to the southern island of Kyushu and the south-western island of Shikoku as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of mudslides, high waves and swollen rivers in the region. (CHRISTOPHER JUE / EPA)

Stranded passengers crowd the departures lobby at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 09 August 2014. The powerful typhoon Halong approached southern Japan on 09 August 2014 with more than 100,000 residents advised to evacuate their homes in the region according to news reports. Typhoon Halong already brought heavy rains and strong winds to the southern island of Kyushu and the south-western island of Shikoku as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of mudslides, high waves and swollen rivers in the region.